Auxiliary Frequency Information EMRG-206

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1 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information EMERGENCY MEASURES RADIO GROUP OTTAWA ARES Two Names One Group One Purpose Auxiliary Frequency Information EMRG-206 Version: 1.1 EMRG PUBLIC This document is classified as PUBLIC, meaning the document can be copied and shared by the documents recipient. Public documents do not contain any personal information or other information such as site details that should not be circulated outside of EMRG or its partners. Public Documents will be posted on the EMRG WEB site without modification. Written by: D. Harris, M. Kelly for the EMRG Management Team

2 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 2 of 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 REVISION SUMMARY 2.0 PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT 3.0 UENCY LISTS 3.1 FRS / GMRS UENCIES 3.2 CB / GRS UENCIES 3.3 VHF MARINE UENCIES 3.4 LOCAL VHF AVIATION VOICE UENCIES 3.5 COMMON CALLING AND DISTRESS UENCIES 3.6 BROADCAST UENCIES 3.7 CTCSS DATA 3.8 VHF WEATHER UENCIES (FM MODE) 3.9 MISC. UENCIES 3.10 USER UENCIES 4.0 BAND PLANS 4.1 RAC 2M BAND PLAN 4.2 RAC 70 CM BAND PLAN 4.3 RAC 1.25 CM (220 MHZ) BAND PLAN 4.4 RAC 6M BAND PLAN 4.5 RAC HF BAND PLAN 4.6 USA BAND PLAN

3 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 3 of REVISION SUMMARY Date of Change Revision Number Summary of Changes (Section #, type of change) 2007 Feb Initial document -DRAFT based on rev summary in EMRG 207. Still needs to be filled out, needs work on page breaks. Many columns could be doubled up to save space Feb Suggested changes compiled. VHF band plans and aviation frequencies could still use an update Mar Fixed spelling, moved CKTF from104.7 to 99.7

4 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 4 of PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT This document lists frequencies that are secondary to EMRG operation in an emergency, to facilitate decisions about frequency use and for reference, where we must communicate with other users of the spectrum, or must avoid interference with them. The document focuses on frequencies that many hams would not use in their day to day operating. Current repeater listings can be obtained from the Saint Lawrence Valley Repeater Council (SLVRC) web site ( EMRG saves the SLVRC database report as a PDF file and posts it as document; EMRG-211 SLVRC Frequency List (this Para. retained from EMRG 207) As other lists and data are found to be relevant, they will be included here. Space is included for EMRG members to note frequencies that they have found to be useful to keep handy.

5 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 5 of UENCY LISTS 3.1 FRS / GMRS UENCIES FRS & GMRS CHAN FRS/GMRS operation does not require a licence, but users may only use equipment type approved for this service. Both services use 2.5KHz deviation (narrower than normal amateur use) FRS has only channels 1-14, and uses 0.5W max, GMRS uses CH 1-22 and has a 20W power limit. UENCY SUGGESTED CTCSS # GMRS CHAN UENCY SUGGESTED CTCSS # (11) (25) (12) (26) (13) (27) (14) (28) (15) (29) (16) (30) (17) (31) (18) (32) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) See table 3.7 for CTCSS number to frequency conversion chart 3.2 CB / GRS UENCIES Chan This service does not require a licence. It uses 5 watts AM or 12W PEP SSB maximum. Some radios operate AM only, and some only operate on CH CH9 is reserved for EMERGENCY use. CH 19 is used by 18 wheel truckers. Chan Chan Chan Chan

6 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 6 of VHF MARINE UENCIES This table needs some expert help. Any experts out there? Mode is FM. A means simplex on ship freq. B means ship stations receive only. BOLD indicates frequencies likely to be used in this area. Channel Ship Coast Description 5A Ship Movement 65A Search & Rescue, anti pollution Intership Safety 66A Port Operations 7A Intership, ship/shore Intership, ship/shore, safety Intership Safety 2nd choice Intership, ship/shore, marinas Intership, ship/shore Intership, ship/shore, safety Distress, safety, calling SEAWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL - IROQUOIS Port Operations, Pilot Information Intership, ship movement Intership, ship/shore, safety Port Operations, Pilot Information Intership, ship/shore, ship movement Not Used -Guard band for channel International Distress, Safety, Calling Not Used -Guard band for channel Intership, ship/shore, ship movement Port operations 18A Intership, ship/shore - Commercial 19A Canadian Coast Guard Port Operations 21A Canadian Coast Guard 21B Continuous Marine Broadcast -Cardinal 81A Canadian Coast Guard 22A International Coast Guard Liaison 82A Canadian Coast Guard 83B Continuous Marine WX Kingston, Cornwall Public correspondence -Kingston 25B Continuous Marine Broadcast (Weather) Public correspondence Cornwall Public correspondence Cardinal, Kingston Public correspondence Cardinal Public correspondence Public correspondence

7 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 7 of LOCAL VHF AVIATION VOICE UENCIES This section needs expert help, maybe from CASARA? Mode is AM. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Ottawa Tower Picton, Westport, Carleton Place, Alexandria, Haliburton traffic Ottawa Tower Mountain View, Hawksbury traffic ATIS (Weather) Ottawa English Rockliffe Ottawa Ground,Trenton Ground Petawawa advisory Maniwaki(remote) Gatineau Quebec remote Gatineau,Pendleton radio Ottawa Terminal Kingston Trenton Tower Smiths Falls unicom ATIS (Weather) Trenton Rocliffe,Carp, Winchester, Pembroke,Bancroft, unicom Brockville, Lachute unicom Dwyer Hill Watchdog (FM Mode?) 3.5 COMMON CALLING AND DISTRESS UENCIES These need to be checked. Is there info from any other service? DESCRIPTION Marine Calling and Distress (USB) CB/GRS Emergency channel 9 (AM) Aircraft Emergency / ELT (AM) Marine calling and emergency CH 16 (FM) Military aircraft emergency (AM) AMATEUR FM CALLING UENCIES m FM Calling frequency m FM Calling frequency m FM Calling frequency m FM Calling frequency cm FM Calling frequency

8 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 8 of BROADCAST UENCIES Local English language broadcast stations with significant local news coverage Channel/ Callsign/ slogan 0.58 CFRA Ottawa News, talk CH 4 CBOT CBC ENGLISH TV CH 13 CJOH TV CTV AFFILIATE LOCATION / DESCRIPTION CH 43 CHRO "A CHANNEL" ( TV freq's for audio subcarrier) 91.5 CBO CBC RADIO ONE 99.7 Ottawa Information Radio 10 min INFO LOOP - WX but no news

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10 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 10 of CTCSS DATA These are the standard CTCSS tone frequencies. SLVRC has assigned different tones to different parts of its jurisdiction as indicated below: (Hz) (Hz) PL MT C4 RS MS [SLVRC] [SLVRC] PL MT C4 RS MS 67.0 XZ [A,C] Z WZ A XA B WA XB A Z WB YZ A YA YB B B [D]91.5 ZZ ZA Z ZB C [B,C] Z A A B D [A] Z M [E] A Z 39 [D] B E M [B] Z M A F M B Z 43 [B] Z G M A M [E] B M DZ 47 [A] Counties of: Prescott & Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Ontario Franklin, N.Y. Plus the SLVRC portion of Quebec north of Prescott & Russell. [B] National Capital Area Plus SLVRC portion of Quebec north of Ottawa [C] Counties of: Lanark, Leeds & Grenville, Frontenac, On., St. Lawrence, N.Y. [D] Counties of: Lennox & Addington, Hastings, Prince Edward, Ontario [E] County of Renfrew, Plus SLVRC portion of Nipissing County and Quebec north of the County of Renfrew Continued next page

11 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 11 of CTCSS DATA ( continued) FRS/GMRS : CTCSS tone frequencies and numbers may not be the same, even among radios of the same brand with different model numbers. PL+ is the Motorola Letter number code for the frequency MT is the CTCSS number for Motorola Talkabout, Kenwood Freetalk, Midland Speak Easy and Cobra 250/350 Radios C4 is the CTCSS number for Cherokee 465 radios RS is the CTCSS number for Radio Shack 106 radios MS is the CTCSS number for Motorola "Sport" radios 3.8 VHF WEATHER UENCIES (FM Mode) CHAN LOCATION CHAN LOCATION Ottawa, Lavant, Sandringham Pembroke / Laurentians 3.9 MISC. UENCIES Items that didn t fit well anywhere else, but might be useful to know. DESCRIPTION Red Cross Ottawa (FM) CTCSS 141.3Hz Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW Red Cross, National, listed in TAFL as CW MOH air ambulance (AM)

12 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 12 of USER UENCIES This space is for frequencies found to be of use to individual members. RX TX DESCRIPTION

13 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 13 of BAND PLANS 4.1 RAC 2M BAND PLAN Current as of MHz Amateur Primary Exclusive MOONBOUNCE AND TERRESTRIAL CW CW CALLING UENCY CW/SSB WEAK SIGNAL AM NARROW BAND MODES EXCLUSIVE SSB (ACSSB, SSB, CW, RTTY, FAX, SSTV, etc.), bandwidth < 3 khz PROPAGATION BEACON NETWORK EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL (2) NATIONAL ATV COORDINATION UENCY (1) NATIONAL APRS UENCY (9) REPEATER INPUTS PRIMARY, LINEAR TRANSLATOR INPUTS SECONDARY(10) REPEATER INPUTS(10) DIGITAL (3) REPEATER OUTPUTS PRIMARY, LINEAR TRANSLATOR OUTPUTS SECONDARY (10) REPEATER OUTPUTS(10) SAREX/ARISS LINKS DIGITAL (4) EXCLUSIVE AMATEUR SATELLITE SERVICE, ARISS REPEATER INPUTS(10) FM SIMPLEX (5)(6) NATIONAL FM CALLING UENCY (1) REPEATER OUTPUTS (10) FM SIMPLEX (30 khz raster)(7) DIGITAL (30 khz raster)(8) REPEATER INPUTS (10) Footnotes: (1) Once communications are established QSY off the frequency. (2) Seven (7) frequencies on a 20 khz channel raster , , , , , , Occupancy to occur ONLY when available Digital frequencies within the sub bands MHz and MHz are exhausted. Consult with your local digital coordination body regarding maximum ERP, Bandwidth and coverage area within this sub band. Operation may occur on MHz provided operating bandwidth, ERP do NOT cause harmful interference within the propagation beacon network sub band. (3) Ten (10) frequencies on a 20 khz channel raster , , , , , , , , , Consult with local coordination body. (4) Eleven (11) frequencies on a 20 khz channel raster , , , , , , , , , , MHz. Consult with your local coordination body. (5) The frequencies , , MHz continue to be used as repeater inputs in some areas. Consult with your local coordination body. (6) Thirteen (13) Channels on a 15 khz channel raster , , , , , , , , , , , , MHz. (7) Six (6) Channels on a 30 khz channel raster, , , , , , MHz.

14 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 14 of 18 (8) Six (6) Channels on a 30 khz channel raster , , , , , MHz. Consult your local coordination body for available frequencies, ERP and bandwidth. (9) Consult with your local coordination body. (10) Repeaters may include FM, ACSSB or digital modes of modulation. Consult with your local coordination body for frequency and modulation scheme allocations. 4.2 RAC 70 CM BAND PLAN Current as of 2004 STATUS: Radiolocation primary, Amateur secondary. UENCY DIGITAL MODES (1) (6) (7) CW, SSB, MOONBOUNCE (Global Exclusive Allocation), Amplitude Modulation narrow band modes Centre frequency for EME, globally coordinated frequency allocations exist above and below MHz National CW Calling Frequency (2) National SSB Calling Frequency (2) Propagation Beacon Network Exclusive (10) Experimental Narrow bandwidth modes DIGITAL MODES (1) (7) Analog Repeater Links (4) Guard Band SATELLITE (Global Exclusive Allocation) Amateur Television (NTSC, Vestigial Sideband, Digitally Enhanced Video) (3) (6) (8) Video Carrier Frequency Repeater Outputs (5) (4) (11) Spread Spectrum (9) Analog and Digital Links (4) (1) DIGITAL (1) FM Simplex National FM Calling Frequency (2) FM Remote Base (Uncoordinated) Analog and Digital Links (4) (1) DIGITAL MODES (1) Repeater Inputs (5) (4) (11) Footnotes: (1) Digital Channelling 25 khz "minimum" raster, contiguous multiples of 25 khz should be released based on required Digital System Bandwidth. (Data Rate and Modulation scheme will govern bandwidth). Consult with your local coordinating body, or RAC where no coordination exists. (2) Once communication has been established, QSY off frequency to allow others to call. (3) ATV operations may be for point to point, or repeater input operations. Note that any non ATV activity below MHz must be coordinated with ATV users to minimize or

15 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 15 of 18 eliminate interference to the video signal. Consult with RAC for advice on administrative and technical means to achieve this. Note that Double Sideband Video is NOT sanctioned from a technical, spectrum, interference and power conservation viewpoint. Note that non video Digital operations in this sub-band should only occur if other frequencies allocated are full, consult with your local coordination body. RAC supports development of spectrally efficient video transmission techniques in this band. (4) Local Option - consult with your local coordinating body. (5) Repeaters - includes Narrowband FM, Digital(Voice, video and data) modes. Frequencies must be coordinated with your local coordinating body, or RAC VHF UHF Advisory where no coordination body exists. (6) Non conforming analog links on 70 cm are grandfathered provided that their existence does not cause harmful interference with amateur operations designated for that sub-band. In the case of interference, coordination discussions must be held to resolve the problem. Note grandfathering ceases once that link goes out of service, consult with your local coordinating body. (7) Digital operations may include repeater operation, crossband duplex operation, links or simplex. Consult with your local coordination body. (8) RAC encourages development of Digital compression techniques to reduce video bandwidth within this sub-band. (9) Spread Spectrum centre frequency, secondary, operations per IC bandwidth limit of 12 MHz (max. spreading), may occur within these sub-bands, but must not cause interference to primary Amateur systems. (10) Propagation Beacon frequencies are to be coordinated through the RAC VHF UHF Advisory Committee. (11) RAC encourages the use of CTCSS encoding where spectral congestion occurs. 4.3 RAC 1.25 CM (220 MHZ) BAND PLAN Current as of 1998 needs updating STATUS: EXCLUSIVE BAND: MHz UENCY UTILIZATION HIGH DATA RATE DIGITAL (>=4800 B) ** MAX BW 100 khz, raster starting at to MHz is DUPLEXED TO MHz (2) PACKET (<=24OO B), 20 khz CHANNELLING DIGITAL CW, SSB EME Exclusive CW National CW Calling Frequency SSB National SSB Calling Frequency Propagation Beacons Repeater Inputs High Speed Data (Local option cross band duplexed to 430 MHz, or 1300 MHz.)

16 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 16 of FM Voice Simplex DATA High Speed Data (Local Option khz channel, or three 30 khz Channels, , , ) Narrow Band Packet (4 channels, Max BW of 30 khz each centered at 223.7, , , ) High Speed Data (local option as ) Repeater Outputs 1. See table of repeater pairs 2. Links must be designed to limit emissions into the U.S. on a voluntary basis. 3. RAC is proposing Secondary Status MHz. 4.4 RAC 6M BAND PLAN Current as of 2004 BAND: MHz STATUS: Amateur Exclusive UENCY UTILIZATION NARROW BAND MODES (SSB, AM ) CW / BEACONS / MOONBOUNCE CW / BEACONS CW CALLING UENCY SSB and AM MODES (BANDWIDTH less than or= 2.3 khz) DX WINDOW (LISTEN FOR DX HERE)(4) DX WINDOW CALLING UENCY (4) NATIONAL SSB CALLING UENCY 50.4 AM CALLING UENCY EXPERIMENTAL MODES (1) 50.7 RTTY,AMTOR CALLING UENCY RADIO CONTROL OF MODELS, TEN CHANNELS ON A 20 khz RASTER PACIFIC (ZL) DX WINDOW (SSB/CW ONLY) (3) FM VOICE SIMPLEX, AND PACKET (1) 51.7 NATIONAL SIMPLEX PACKET CALLING PACIFIC (VK) DX WINDOW (SSB/CW ONLY) (3) NATIONAL FM CALLING UENCY FM VOICE REPEATER INPUTS (2) FM VOICE REPEATER OUTPUTS Footnotes: 1) In North America the following frequencies are suggested for Packet digipeater and packet scatter operation: 50.62/ / / / / / / /51.74 For co-located voice and packet repeaters, use high (input) and low (output) to provide maximum mutual frequency isolation.

17 EMRG-206 Auxiliary Frequency Information Classification : Public Page 17 of 18 2) SEE TABLE OF REPEATER PAIRS 3) AMATEURS ARE REQUESTED TO AVOID USING FM OR OTHER WIDE BAND MODES ON THESE UENCIES TO MINIMIZE INTERFERENCE TO AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND AMATEURS WORKING INTO REGION 2 ON SSB/CW. 4) NORTH AMERICAN AMATEURS ARE REQUESTED TO AVOID CALLING "CQ DX" ON MHz. 4.5 RAC HF BAND PLAN Current as of 2006

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